John Clarke is a longtime organizer in Toronto, as well as an active instructor with the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education. He will be leading classes on the poor, activism, community/labour organizing, and how to build fighting movements in the Fall of 2026. Check leopanitchschool.ca regularly for these and other event announcements throughout the summer.
Pension Beneficiaries Fear Funds Will Pour Retirement Savings Into LNG
As the LNG Canada liquefied natural gas megaproject prepares to expand its Kitimat export facility, Canadian workers are speaking out against the possibility that their retirement savings may end up funding the project.
Pension beneficiaries who oppose fossil fuel infrastructure investments say such financing puts pension funds in breach of both their fiduciary duty and their obligation to future generations.
‘Feedback from Thousands’ Prompts Ottawa to Delay Regulatory Rollback
The federal government has responded to “feedback from thousands” by postponing a series of sweeping environmental rollbacks and extending the comment period for the proposed regulatory changes from June 7 to July 22.
Rising global temperatures to break record highs and cross safety limits in next five years
n the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.
Every month, the Treasury Department releases a data set that almost nobody reads. No cable news chyron. No memorable acronym. It’s called the Treasury International Capital report, TIC data, and it is, for now at least, one of the more honest documents the federal government produces. Just money moving across borders, recorded in black and white.
Ian Angus introduces his new book Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth’s System, joined by Helena Sheehan, Inea Lehner, and David McNally. Hosted by Jess Spear and the Global Ecosocialist Network.
A German utility’s decision to buy a million tonnes of gas per year from the yet-to-be-built Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in British Columbia may help the project secure the investors it needs, but still falls short of the energy trade breakthrough the federal government is claiming, independent analysts say.
By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry
Even as Prime Minister Mark Carney touts his plans to protect Canada’s economic sovereignty, the country’s critical minerals are making their way into U.S. weapons.
